As I have read several letters of Porter's from beginning to end, I have noticed her fierceness wear off through the years until her last few letters which have a little sentimentality. She goes from biting back at harsh criticism and general society, to blessing her receivers. It is something I'm interested in, this idea of age kind of transforming a person. If anyone else sees this (or doesn't) feel free to comment, but I feel as if her letters become less energetic in her disagreements. Or maybe it isn't an issue with energy at all, rather just a lack of caring at this point in her life.
But what I find fascinating as well is to look at her life, full of health problems, etcetera and see that she actually lived a very long time. Of course, there is a picture of her father at 80 years old in the book, it must have been hereditary, but still, she does talk a lot about her lungs problems and bouts with sickness lingering from her initial spanish influenza. I'm not trying to say she exaggerated these things at all, just that it seems kind of strange that people either suffer with life, or die from it.